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Description

I’ve always had fond memories of my Speak n Spell from the early 1980s, but there’s never been a decent replacement for the iPad until now.

Speaking Spell HD provides not only the familiar keyboard input and voice response of the original Speak ‘n’ Spell but adds a number of features and enhancements that cannot be found with any other app, like:

– The spoken text is very understandable. We’ve used top-of-the-line text to speech software to ensure that students will not struggle with Speaking Spell’s speech quality.

– A “Hint” button which recites a sentence using the word that the student is asked to spell. The format is standard spelling bee: A sentence, and then the word is repeated

– The word list is taken from actual spelling exercises used by teachers.

– The word list is constantly being added to and enhanced.

– The user interface is incredibly child-friendly. Not only does each letter keypress provide audio feedback of the letter, but the onscreen keys are highlighted and increased in size … just like the standard iPad keyboard but with bright, easily readable buttons meant just for young students

– The word to be spelled can be repeated at any time, or skipped if the student is having too much difficulty with it

– We’re open to suggestions! If there’s any enhancements that teachers and/or parents would like to see, we’re happy to add them in future releases.

In kindergarten, spelling words start with basic three letter consonant-vowel-consonant words, and become more complex. For example, the starting point for Speaking Spell Kindergarten are the words “dad” and “mom”.

Speaking Spell Kindergarten progresses by working through “word families”: from “cat” to “hat”, for example.

All in all we’re very proud of Speaking Spell HD — it’s the best spelling drill, tutor and edutainment app for spelling on the App Store, in high-resolution to take full advantage of the iPad’s capabilities!